Bill fold or receptacle



Jan. 9, P A. GARDNER, JR 1,942,473

BILL FOLD 0R RECEPTACLE Filed April 18, 1929 Y 2 Sheets-Sheet l V WW Jan. 9, 1 934. P. A. GARDNER, JR 1,942,473

BILL FOLD OR. RECEPTACLE Filed April 18', 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 9, 1934 unite stares ENT oFFics 3 Claims.

This invention relates to bill folds or receptacles.

An object of the invention is to provide a bill fold or receptacle designed and adapted to be car- 5 ried in the pocket of the user and having an inner panel of novel arrangement and cooperative relationship with the outer panel or cover so that when the bill fold is folded the end portions of the inner panel will slide along in order to permit the inner panel to fold smoothly with the inner panel and not form any objectionable folds.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved and novel means for holding the inner panel in proper cooperative relationship with the remaining parts of the bill fold.

Another object of the invention is to form a device with a pocket designed and arranged to receive and contain currency of recent issue and which is also equipped with means for receiving and retaining other articles of greater width than the width of the currency without in any way interfering with the convenience of the use of the device as a currency receptacle.

Other objects will appear from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is an inside View of the bill fold or receptacle extended or unfolded.

Fig. 2 is a similar View with portions of the walls of the wider end pockets removed to show the inner panel and an appropriate means for securing the inner panel in proper position.

Fig. 3 is an inside plan view of the outer panel or cover showing one of the pocket-forming mem- '35 bers in'connection therewith.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the opposite or back side of the sliding panel from that shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic sectional view showing 40 the various pieces and members contained in a bill fold or receptacle made in the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 2 showing a' sliding panel connected only at one end. My improved bill fold or receptacle comprises a section 1 of flexible material such as leather or other materials adapted for these uses and made of a size sunicient to form the outside of the bill fold or receptacle. Against the inner side of the section 1 two separate end members 2 and 3 are laid with their outer edges even with the end edges of the member 1 and'their lower edges even with the lower edge of said member 1. The member 2 is folded outwardly upon itself along a fold line 4 which is slightly below the upper edge of the member 1, thereby forming an inner wall member 5, the outer edge of which is even with the outer edge of said member 1 and the lower marginal portion of Which is laid against the lower marginal portion of said member 1. Q

The member 3 is folded outwardly upon itself along a fold line 6 which is slightly below the upper edge of the member 1, thereby forming an inner wall member 7, the outer and lower edges of which are even with the outer and lower edges of said member. 3. A partition 8 is secured between the ply members 3 and '7 and cooperates therewith to form two pockets, the width of which is from near the lower marginal edges of the plies 3 and 7 to the fold line 6 andthe depth of which is from the inner edge of the member '7 to near the outer edgesof said members 3, '7 and 8. A tab or flap 9 extends from the inner edge of the partition member 8 and is foldable acrossthe inner edge of the wall member 7 and has attached thereto a tongue 10 adapted for releasable engagement in a loop 11 secured to the wall member '7.

A sliding panel 12 which may be and preferably is of material similar to the material of the parts above described has one end extending between the Wall-forming members 2 and 5 and the opposite end extending between the wallforming members 3 and 8. In the embodiment shown in Figs. 2 to 5; inclusive, the panel 12 has attached to each end a section 13 of some substance or' material that is much more pliable than leather and preferably a textile material. The section 13 at one end extends between the marginal portions g of the wall-forming members 2 and 5 at the end of the bill fold; and the member 13 at the opposite end of the panel 12 extends between the marginal portions of the wall-forming members 3 and 8 at the opposite end of the bill fold. This leaves the upper and lower edges of the panel 12 as well as the upper and lower edges of both sections 13 wholly disconnected from any of the adjacent parts of the bill fold so that when the bill fold is folded to closed position in the well understood manner the ends of the panel 12 may freely slide toward the ends of the bill fold to remove any excess material of the panel 12 from the fold line and prevent any unsightly and undesirable roll from being formed at the fold line.

An open frame 14 having a flexible transparent panel 15 attached thereto has its upper edge secured to the wall-formingmember 5 by appropriate fastening means as by a line of stitches 16 (Fig. 1). The outer and lower edges of the frame 14 are even with the outer and lower edges of the remaining elements of the bill fold at the end at which the frame 14 is located. The outer and lower edges of all of the members described, that is to say, the outer and lower edges of the members 1, 2, 5, l3-and 14 at one end of the bill fdld; and the outer and lower edges of the member 3, '7, 8 and 13 at the opposite end or the bill fold are secured together by appropriate fastening means as by lines of stitches 16 running along both ends of the bill fold and across the lower marginal portion of the bill fold to the inner edges of the members 2 and 3.

It is now clear that the panel 12 is of less width than the width of the two end pockets into which said panel extends; that the long pocket between the wall forming member 1 and the two members 2 and 3 extends nearly the full length of the member 1 and extends from the lines 24 to the upper edges of the members 2 and 3; and that the lower edge of the panel 12 is below the bottom of the pocket 19, which is along the lines 24, and thus covers the lower edges of any papers that are enclosed in the pocket 19. It is not intended that the papers in the pocket should extend above the upper edge of the panel 12. The wall members 2 and 3, the ply 7, the frame 14 and the panel 15 constitute transverse stiffening means, and also form pockets to receive cards and other elements extending beyond the upper and lower edges of the panel 12. Thus, the bills or ourrency enclosed in the pocket 19 are guarded and are kept smooth and in a desirable condition. In the variation of the invention shown in Fig. 6 I provide an inner panel 17 having one end only attached to the adjacent parts by a flexible end member 18 while the opposite end of said panel 1'? is wholly disconnected and may be with-3 drawn from the pocket in which it is normally inserted.

From the ioregoing. it must. be apparent that I have provided an improved bill fold having for the full length thereof a pocket 19 open along the top of the bill fold and closed at both ends and at the lower edge. At one end of the bill fold there is a pocket 20 between the wall-forming member 5 and the panel 12 and a pocket 21 between the wall-forming member 5 and the outer wall formed by the frame 14 and the window 15. I

These pockets 20 and 21 are open along their inner edges and are closed along their upper and lower and outer edges.

At the opposite end of the device a pocket 22 is formed between the wall-forming member 8 and and 3 to the member 1 along lines 24 by appropriate means as glue or cement or stitching. Or, this desired shallow depth of the pocket 19 may be otherwise obtained.

It must now be clear that my improved bill fold will accommodate numerous papers or pieces of currency within the pocket 19 without causing the panel 12 to form any roll or fold of undesirable, thickness at, its middle. I For, when the de- A pocket 23 is formed between the vice is folded-the ends 6? the panel 12 willislide' toward the odds er bill fold without rolling. up at the middle to form the objectionable thickness rrieri-tined.

The construction, arrangement and relation ship of all of the parts and elements of this invention may be varied within the full extent of equivalent limits without departure from the nature and principle of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:-

1. A device of the character described comprising an outer wall, two wall members forming pockets opening inwardly toward each other and having their inner ends spaced apart and having their outer ends and lower edges attached to.- the outer ends and lower edge of said outer rival-1,. means securing lower portions of said two wall 5' members to said outer wall a considerable distance above the lower edge of said outer wall, a flexible panel extending across said space between said members and having its ends extending into said pockets, said panel cooperating with said; outer wall and said two wall members to form; an elongated pocket, and means supporting said llll; panel in said pockets in a position in which the lower edge of said panel is spaced above the len er portions of said pockets.

2. A device of the character described eaniprising an outer wall, two wall members. forming 1% pockets opening inwardly toward each other and having their inner ends spaced apart and having their outer ends and lower edges attached to the outer ends and lower edges of said outer wall, means securing the lower portions of said two wall members to said outer wall a considerable distance above the lower edge or" said outer wall, a flexible panel extending across said space between said members and having its ends extending into said pockets, said panel cooperating with ll5 said outer wall and said two wall members to form an elongated pocket, and flexible elements of greater pliability than said panel located wholly within said pockets and supporting said panel in a position in which the lower edge of said panel is spaced above the lower portions of said pockets.

3. A device of the character described compria. ing an outer wall, two wall members forming pockets opening inwardly toward each other and 125.;

having their inner ends spaced apart and having their outer ends and lower edges attached to the outer ends and lower edges of said outer wall, means securing the lower portions of said two wall members to said outer wall a considerable distance above the lower edge of said outer wall, a flexible panel, extending across said space between said members and having its ends extending into said pockets, said panel cooperating with said outer wall and said two wall members to form an elongated pocket, and a flexible element of greater pliability than said panel, located wholly in one of said pockets and having its inner end attached to the outer end of said panel and having its outer end attached to the outer end of the adjacent wall member and supporting said panel in a position in which the lower edge of said panel is spaced above the lower portion of said pocket.

PRINCE A. GARDNER, JR. 

